#laurels tattoo

[srldesigns6277]

Harry in Italy with the laurels peeking out

[stressedanime]

tattoos to honor nico “ghost king” di angelo, my beloved (and the underworld in general <3)

picture of their placements under the cut!!!

[twopoppies]

The beloved 🌿🌿 (I want to boop his lil’ tummy so bad! Boop!). I notice we larries call them laurels but harries call them ferns…is there a “correct” answer?

Ferns??? Harries are dipshits.

These are ferns

Laurels are traditionally made from the leaves of the Laurel or bay tree. These are Laurel leaves.

And if you can’t just see with your eyes that his tattoos aren’t ferns, then maybe just read what his tattoo artist said about them:

“We started off with a butterfly on his torso based on an old French prison tattoo inspired by ‘Papillon.’ Traditionally it would mean the wearer is a thief - something to do with the double meaning of ‘Je vole’, which translates as both ‘I steal’ and ‘I fly’ - and is commonly tattooed on the throat. Then we did more French criminal inspired pieces, like shaking hands, and the laurel wreaths on either side of his stomach that usually go on the chest and indicate the owner is a pimp. We’ve also done a heart, some nails, a mermaid, and a bottle. All classics. A lot of people are looking at Harry, so he has to be careful not to go too brutal and I understand that, but he’ll get a lot more. Tattooing is like a drug, once you’re in, you’re set for life.”

If you don’t want to think they have anything to do with Larry and Papillon and his closeting, that’s fine.

But they’re not fucking ferns.

[kiwikiwiandkiwi]

I don’t know why I’m so attached to the tattoos of a man I have never met before, but seeing those laurels after so long has me emotional😂 I missed them🥺

they are very special and his belly is so fucking cute 😭

[stevethehairington]

was going to try to write today but instead i have spent the last hour thinking up tattoos for eddie to have

[bonzai-bunny]

Yussa! i put him in this strappy dress bc it just screamed him. i wish i could give y'all the source on who made it (if you know please tell me!) but i lost the original post. anyway, drawn on stream here. if you wanna see me draw and stuff follow me!

[whoreforlarrystuff]

Hello.. I've recently learnt that harry has 'might as well' tatto which is now covered by laurels.. I did not find anything worth in Google search.. can you pls tell me when and what was it considered as???

Hi Love!

So it looks like the "Might as Well" tattoo appeared late 2012 / early 2013, and was covered up with the laurels by early 2014.

I found a pretty decent post that covers Harry and Louis' tattoos up to a point, but there's not a lot about the might as well tattoo.

I wish i had been able to find more than that! Maybe one of my mutuals knows more.

[dermestes-vulpinus]

I love how I literally embedded a snake into my chest but I'm too nervous to give myself a tattoo.

[musicrunsthroughmysoul]

Lacking mostly in seriousness, I think one reason life feels so, so awful is because I don't own a single Jackie DeShannon album (LP or single would be preferable, CD would be more than acceptable) and I still don't own Steeltown by Big Country on vinyl.

[rainbowbeanstyles]

you are so fucking right anon. one of his best tattoos!

i mean look at them

[noir-renard]

You're so hecking cool and smart for your tattoo idea!!

🥰🥰🥰Thank youuuu!!! I think about getting that tattoo all the time. I've told myself that if I want it for more than five years, then I can consider making it permanent.

We're on year three now lol.

[terrifyingstories3]

laurel gets a small tattoo of a canary on her arm after the gambit goes down (or whatever equivalent of that there is across verses). she gets it to remember sara, who had a pet canary when they were little. after sara's "death," laurel struggles immensely, and is never really able to fully grieve her - both for enormous love of her younger sister and due to the betrayal she learned of following she and oliver's presumed deaths.

both grief and betrayal are present, and it's laurel's way of holding onto her sister, clinging to the good. sara was not perfect, and her actions hurt her, but she loved her more than anything. it's an attempt to hold onto the sara she loved and cherished, because that person still existed even though some of the choices she made (her relationship with oliver) might have made her feel as if she couldn't recognize her. that said, laurel doesn't live in denial of sara's flaws the way quentin does; she loves her wholly, flaws and all.

laurel and the rest of their family couldn't stand sara's canary chirping day and night, but it made sara happy, and laurel loved that. she never wants to forget it.

[twopoppies]

This is gonna sound stupid but I call them ferns cause I can't say the word laurel. My tounge can't twist that way. Even typing out the word laurel feels weird.

Hahahaha! Well, I admit I got unreasonably angry at the idea of calling them ferns. But I love them and I think they were very intentional on Harry’s part. So, for me, reducing them to “ferns” takes away a lot of their weight and just makes them “sexy” (which obviously they are, but I think they hold greater meaning).

[callmeblake]

Close ups of Frank's leg tattoos from this set

[pirouettefrappelatte]

[petrichorandarson]

people with tattoos- have you ever had acne on your tattoo?? Please elaborate is it different at all?? more hidden? idk i just want info